Whether the defendant’s election of domicile at the investigating office was valid under Art. 48 CPP
Yes. For a person domiciled abroad, an election of domicile at the office was valid in the circumstances, as the defendant had been expressly informed and had no Swiss domicile.
The court distinguished between a mere formal indication at a filing office and the statutory regime for parties domiciled abroad. Because the defendant had no domicile in Switzerland and had been clearly warned to designate a trusted person, the election did not invalidate the notification regime.